First complete mitochondrial genome from family Moinidae, Moina macrocopa (Straus, 1820) (Cladocera; Moinidae)

Sang-Eun Nam; Jaehee Kim; Jae-Sung Rhee

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2080024

First complete mitochondrial genome from family Moinidae, Moina macrocopa (Straus, 1820) (Cladocera; Moinidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Jun 10;7(6):980-982. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2080024. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Sang-Eun Nam¹, Jaehee Kim¹, Jae-Sung Rhee^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Marine Science, College of Natural Sciences, Incheon National University, Incheon, South Korea.
² Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Incheon National University, Incheon, South Korea.
³ Yellow Sea Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea.

Abstract

We sequenced and annotated the complete mitochondrial genome for the freshwater water flea Moina macrocopa (Straus, 1820). This is the first mitogenome for the family Moinidae. The complete mitogenome of M. macrocopa is 16,072 bp, with 35.8% A, 17.6% C, 12.8% G, and 33.8% T. The mitogenome comprises 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, and a non-coding region. Phylogenomic analysis based on 28 in-group taxa belonging to the orders Anostraca, Diplostraca, and Notostraca is congruent with published phylogenetic relationship for cladocerans, with M. macrocopa being grouped with members of the Daphniidae. This mitogenome resource will be useful for future phylogenetic studies of water fleas.

Keywords: Cladocera; Complete mitogenome; Moina macrocopa; Moinidae.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education [NRF-2017R1A6A1A06015181].